Cannot bind a default to an identity column.

Error Message:
Msg 15102, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_bindefault, Line 166
Cannot bind a default to an identity column.

Severity level:
16.

Description:
This error message appears, when you try bind a default that you’ve create with a CREATE DEFAULT command to a column with the identity property.

Consequences:
The T-SQL statement can be parsed, but causes the error at runtime.

Resolution:
Error of the Severity Level 16 are generated by the user and are corrigible by the user. The statement can not be executed this way. You can not bind a default to such a column

Versions:
All versions of SQL Server

Example(s):
USE tempdb;
GO
IF OBJECT_ID(‘tempdb..#t’) > 0
 DROP TABLE #t
GO
IF OBJECT_ID(‘MyDefault’) > 0
 DROP DEFAULT MyDefault;
GO
CREATE TABLE #t
(
 c1 INT IDENTITY NOT NULL
)
GO
CREATE DEFAULT MyDefault AS 42;
Go
EXEC sp_bindefault ‘MyDefault’, ‘#t.c1′

Remarks:
In the above example we try to bind the default MyDefault to the column c1. Because this column is a column with the identity property, the error is raised.